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Fletcher B. Swank

American politician

Fletcher B. Swank
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th district
In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929
Preceded by	John W. Harreld
Succeeded by	Ulysses S. Stone
In office March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	Ulysses S. Stone
Succeeded by	Joshua B. Lee
Personal details
Born	April 24, 1875 (1875-04-24) Bloomfield, Iowa
Died	March 16, 1950 (1950-03-17) (aged 74) Norman, Oklahoma
Citizenship	American
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse	Ada Blake Swank
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma Cumberland University
Profession	teacher school superintendent Attorney politician judge

Fletcher B. Swank (April 24, 1875 – March 16, 1950) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Born near Bloomfield, Iowa, Swank was the son of Wallace and Melinda Wells Swank. He moved with his parents to Beef Creek, Indian Territory, in 1888, and attended an academy in Noble, Oklahoma, and University of OklahomainNorman. He married Ada Blake on December 30, 1914; and the couple had two children, Fletcher B. and James Wallace.^[1]

Swank taught school at Stella, and in 1902 he was elected Cleveland County school superintendent, serving from 1903 to 1907. Swank became Private secretary to Congressman Scott Ferris in 1907 and 1908. He attended the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1907 and 1908, and was graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1909. Admitted to the bar in 1909, he commenced practice in Norman, Oklahoma. He served as judge of the county court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, from 1911 to 1915, and as judge of the fourteenth judicial district of Oklahoma from 1915 to September 1920, when he resigned.^[2]

Swank was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses serving from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1929. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress,^[a] He was elected to the Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses, and served from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1935.^[4] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934, losing to Josh Lee. He ran again in 1936, 1937 and 1938, but with no success, He then returned to Norman and resumed his law practice.^[3]

Swank died in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, on March 16, 1950 (age 74 years, 326 days). He is interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma.^[5]

• United States Congress. "Fletcher B. Swank (id: S001089)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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